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Hello robind, the “Horseshoe Tunnel” as it is locally known has been discussed here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/horseshoe-tunnel.55578/#post-802251 I believe eleven people died when the bomb struck at the Allen’s Croft road end and some brickwork was subsequently repaired at...

I don’t ever remember seeing a horse on the roof when it was the Sporting Parsons, though I only ever drank there twice and that was when it was called the Cartland Arms in the mid ‘80s. On both occasions it kicked off into a mass brawl and I remember a glass smashing on the wall a few feet from...

Many, many happy returns!

I occasionally frequented John Hollingsworth from the mid ‘80s onwards, it had a fantastic array of cigars and cigarettes etc but the most memorable things were the pipes (beautifully carved meerschaum and wood) and the heavenly smell of the tobaccos.

A peculiar man, he had a longer career than I realised and was excellent in the Carry On films he appeared in though it seems he felt he never got the billing he thought he deserved. His latter years were spent in a manner that many would deem rather sad, though he didn’t give a damn what other...

Just found this 1971 footage

Without wanting to start an argument on such a good natured forum, I think it’s going to be a very long time indeed before ICE production is ceased entirely, if ever. For some, electric vehicles are entirely practical and affordable, but for many the opposite is true. There are also significant...

Hello Mikey, welcome to the forum. Could you be thinking of Marco Polo’s?

Well spotted Janice, I hadn’t noticed that! Using Astoness’ link above it seems that as the camera progresses past the sign it does indeed distort the image of it, with letters vanishing then reappearing. I guess that one picture is a fluke.

I think the lettering has just fallen off the sign over time. I once saw a video showing an unfortunate Street View picture. Someone looking online at Google Earth had noticed that the camera car had driven past a house (in Cornwall, if I remember correctly) and captured an image of a chap in...

Where abouts on the Alum Rock road, Compressorman? If you mean the Tilt Hammer down by Saltley Gate it was demolished a good while ago.

Many Happy Returns!

If you’re who I think you are, your videos on YouTube are excellent, Joseline. I’m looking forward to this!

It’s been a very long time since I played but the only club I remember being called Birmingham was the one at Portway.

There was a Bundy clock near the top end of Brandwood Park Road at least until the 1980s, and another one at The Fold at Pool Farm which was the terminus for the No.35 bus.

At Cotteridge island on the side of a row of shops there’s this (the pictures are from google street view), it’s been there as long as I can remember. It seems to depict a man and a woman dancing though I could be wrong, and is partly covered in mosaic tiles. I’ve no idea of its significance...

If anyone has any pictures that show T. Williams forge I’d hugely appreciate it if you could show them here.

Have a very happy birthday Richard.

Funny, they were discussing Tonibell ice cream and those plastic balls on Talking Pictures TV the other week. I have no recollection of Tonibell at all, and considering how much of a treat ice cream was I’m surprised.

Yes Lyn, it was certainly a treat from a van. I’m one of six children too though the eldest left home when I was born, and our Mom would often buy an oblong block of ice cream wrapped in thin cardboard (haven’t seen that for a while), divide it into slices and give it us between wafers, or in a...